Loperot: Burdigalian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
Müller 1846
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Cladistia
- Polypteriformes
- Polypteridae
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Polypterus sp.
Lacépède 1803
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Reptilia
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Crocodilia indet.
Owen 1842
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= Eogavialis cf. andrewsi
Storrs 2003
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Storrs 2003 | |||||||||
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Tomistoma sp.
Müller 1846
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudinidae indet.
Batsch 1788
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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| synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
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Hyracoidea indet.
Huxley 1869
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mastodontidae
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Mastodontidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotheriidae indet.
Hay 1922
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcatherium sp.
Kaup 1839
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Anthracotheriidae indet.
Leidy 1869
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Ziphiidae indet.
Gray 1850
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Dipnomorpha
- Lepidosirenidae
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Protopterus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Bivalvia
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Pelecypoda indet.
Goldfuss 1820
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| synonym of Bivalvia | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 2.3° North, 35.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.2° North, 33.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Turkana Grit | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: K/Ar date of 16.7 +- 1.0 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: well indurated bed of coarse sand to fine conglomerate | |
| Environment: | wet floodplain |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 57007 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 21734 | ||
| Created: | 2005-11-30 14:04:43 | Last modified: | 2016-06-21 16:58:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-11-30 14:04:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15377. | J. G. Mead. 1975. A fossil beaked whale (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) from the Miocene of Kenya. Journal of Paleontology 49(4):745-751 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 33106 | P. D. Gingerich. 2010. Cetacea. In L. Werdelin & W. J. Sanders (ed.), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa 873-899 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 46598 | G. W. Storrs. 2003. Late Miocene–Early Pliocene crocodilian fauna of Lothagam, southwest Turkana Basin, Kenya. In M. G. Leakey, J. M. Harris (eds.), Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa 137-159 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 59490 | H. Wichura, L. L. Jacobs, A. Lin, M. J. Polcyn, F. K. Manthi, D. A. Winkler, M. R. Streckler and M. Clemens. 2015. A 17-My-old whale constrains onset of uplift and climate change in east Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(13):3910-3915 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |